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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth cover artvsWorld of Warships: Legends cover art

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earthvsWorld of Warships: Legends

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth leans Optimization (Mind & Math); World of Warships: Legends leans Reads (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earthWorld of Warships: Legends

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

World of Warships: Legends leans harder on variance: Shell dispersion and concealment add real chance

Optimization7 vs 6

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth leans harder on optimization: Build orders and counter units are largely solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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World of Warships: Legends